Sometimes the mountain travels to see Muhammad, which explains where Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge and director of player personnel Austin Ainge find themselves this weekend.
The Ainges will watch Dragan Bender today and tomorrow in practices for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Bender, an 18-year-old Croatian, is one of the favorites to be taken by the Celtics with the third pick in the NBA draft on June 23.
Bender is a 7-foot point forward who, because of his age, comes off the bench for Maccabi Tel Aviv. The team just completed a three-game first-round playoff sweep of league rival Bnei Herzliya with an 81-54 blowout win in Tel Aviv.